BHUBANESWAR: A local court here on Monday sentenced a sevayat of Lingaraj temple to one-and-a-half years rigorous imprisonment for sexually harassing a Swedish national on February 19. Judicial Magistrate First Class-I Payal Gupta convicted Mohapatra under sections 341, 354 and 354A of IPC and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. Around seven witnesses including two security staff of the …
The Orissa High Court on Monday directed the State Government to consider opening of temples, in a graded manner, according to modalities it may decide, as per its assessment, from place to place and time to time. The Counsel, therefore, submitted that opposite party no.1-the State Government as well as Opposite Party no.3-the Endowment Commissioner should be directed to consider …
Over a million devotees converge at the temple town of Puri every year to witness the Rath Yatra or the chariot journeys of deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. "One sevayat has tested positive, he is not allowed to participate in the Rath Yatra", said Odisha Law Minister, Pratap Jena, to news agency ANI. According to customs the three are brought …
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